Thursday, January 22, 2015

Transferring activity

I love Pom poms and as you may see there are loads of things you can do with them.

This is a great activity as it's easy and it covers many areas of development for little people. I have an 18 month old and it's great for her, it was also a hit for my eldest when she was the same age.

All you need is two bowls and a small pair of tongs, and of course pom poms. I used to also do this when I worked in Pre schools, and I generally had the 18 month to 2 year old's, we also used dried pasta.

Some of the areas of development this is good for are,

Fine motor development

Hand and eye co ordination

Speech and Language

Cognitive development

Dexterity

We talk about the colours in which we are picking up, my 18 month old is slowly learning new words and enjoying to practice them. It's also great for introducing colours into her learning and play, which is great for language and cognitive skills.

The transferring of the pom poms from one bowl to another is great for her hand and eye co ordination as she has to focus on the pom pom and use her fine motor skills by using her hands to control the tongs in order to pick them up, and release them.

When my eldest became more confident with it, she would sit for ages just transferring the pom poms between the two bowls. It kept her quiet and was a great calming activity for quiet time.

So why not give it a go, maybe try the dried pasta ( just make sure they don't eat it). The small plastic tongs to squeeze tea bags are also great for this, and also a bit easier to handle for little hands.

About Me

Hi, my name is Emma and I'm and Australian Mum of 2 girls. I love crochet, sewing and selling my goodies at markets. I'm soon relocating to Hereford UK and I'm looking forward to sharing my new journey and life in the UK.
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